This isn't a souls-like game at all.

But even so, such a harvest was still far beyond his expectations.

"It's better not to be too greedy. This combat skill reward can only be regarded as a pleasant surprise."

After turning the Birth of the Messiah back into a metal sphere and putting it away, he returned to the holy monument along the same route he came from, and then looked for a way to go downstairs.

But the platform at the top of the towering tree was empty, and there was no staircase or passage leading down.

He did find a broken rope ladder somewhere. Although it looked a bit old, it was not a product of the period of the land kingdoms.

"Maybe this is how the Earth Mother Cult used to get up here... But without stairs, how did the people from the Land Kingdoms period get up here? Could they have flown?"

He stood on the edge of the platform and looked down, then he took a step and jumped down, releasing one of the hymns of Spread Wings Eagle, "Feather Falling", on the way down.

The speed of his descent slowed down, and strong winds swept in from all directions, making his black robe rustle.

Near the ground, the smoke from the church's collapse had not yet completely dissipated.

The streets were covered in gray, and the crowd of onlookers were blocked outside the streets by cat patrolmen. At this moment, a team of hunters had entered the church ruins to investigate, but Ye Yiyi didn't pay much attention to it.

Because he saw Bai Yu and the others in front of the main entrance square outside the cathedral.

They were surrounded by several church hunters armed with strange weapons. Wator and others were sitting on the ground to rest, while Baiyu and Sir Erica were talking to an old hunter.

He was an elegant old man wearing a top hat, a single-breasted gray wool coat, a long white beard reaching his chest, and a metal prosthetic leg on his right leg.

"Is the head of the Hunting God Church in every city an old man?"

He thought in his mind, then adjusted his falling direction and landed on the square from the air.

During the conversation, Bai Yu vaguely sensed the abnormal flow of wind direction. He looked up solemnly and happened to meet Ye Yiyi's eyes.

The female knight's expression changed from gloomy to surprise, and she raised her hand and waved at him, shouting at the same time.

"Mikaela! Over here!!"

Her actions attracted the attention of the people around her, and they all turned their heads to look at her.

"What?! Michaela? Where's Michaela?!"

Erica was startled and looked around hurriedly. Finally, she looked up at the sky. Her eyes widened and her pupils showed admiration. She suppressed her excitement and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"So handsome!!"

"I knew it!"

The fatigue on Wattol's face disappeared, he got up from the ground excitedly, and couldn't help but punch hard.

"He's Master Michaela! How could anything happen to him?!"

"Is this the legendary figure who was wrapped in flames and chased the giant, knocking him down from the towering tree?"

The old hunter with white beard raised his wrinkled cheek, squinted his eyes and looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh.

"As expected of that Mikaela? The legendary curse hunter..."

Ye Yiyi rode the strong wind and descended from the sky, landing gently on the square, and then walked towards the crowd.

"Are you all okay?"

"Everything is fine." Bai Yu nodded solemnly and replied, "We evacuated in time, so we were not covered by the divine pollution."

"What do you mean?" Ye Yiyi raised an eyebrow slightly. "From what you said, it seems that someone else has been affected?"

"It's not just those people in the church who want to annihilate us." Bai Yu's face was heavy.

"Micah... ahem, there's a whole team of Knight Bureau members stationed outside the church..."

Erica came over and was about to praise him madly to express her excitement.

But when she heard the two people talking about this, the lady immediately restrained her surprised expression, pretended to be calm, coughed twice and explained.

"But His Excellency Bai Yu stunned them and escaped with us. Then, a green light curtain spread from the interior of the church, completely turning them into wooden sculptures..."

Having said that, Erica's dark golden vertical pupils revealed a hint of palpitations.

As a member of the Imperial Audit Bureau, she often dealt with hymn hymns and magicians, and had come across various magical powers.

But the terrifying power that was so strange that it could completely turn all life into wooden sculptures made her extremely nervous.

"Wood carving?" Ye Yiyi was a little confused when he heard it.

"Are they all dead?"

"If the flesh and blood body turns into wood, how can it be obtained?"

A calm and elegant old male voice came from behind Erica. The old hunter strode towards him with a cane, smiled and took off his hat to greet him.

"The legendary Master Michaela, I am Fan Willow, the branch president and person in charge of the Hunting God Church's Tongtian Tree branch.

"I have long admired your great name. I am honored to meet you today, but I never expected it to be under such circumstances. It is truly heartbreaking."

"Really? I'm already used to meeting hunters in various unexpected situations."

Ye Yiyi smiled and nodded at the old hunter named Fan Weilo as a greeting.

Hearing this, Fan Weiluo smiled elegantly and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Oh? What about, for example?"

Fan Weiluo spoke slowly and in a casual tone, with a gentle and elegant temperament, making people feel like they were in the spring breeze.

With his iron-gray eyes as calm as well water, he is a handsome old man of the elegant and gentlemanly type.

Listening to him talk was a pleasure, so Ye Yiyi just chatted a few more unimportant words.

"For example, when I first met Eurost, he was captured by the Holy Blood Cult and locked in a cage. I put a lot of effort into getting him out without getting hurt, and I ended up dumping shit all over the house before I could finally get him out."

"shit?"

The smile on Fan Weilo's face froze slightly.

"shit!"

Erica, who was listening curiously, looked horrified.

"Shit?"

Bai Yu pinched his chin thoughtfully.

"This might be a good idea..."

"???"

Erica and Van Willow looked at Michaela's companion in surprise and suspicion.

Ye Yiyi seemed to remember something and introduced Bai Yu to the old hunter.

"By the way, this is Bai Yu, my companion. Like me, she is also a curse hunter."

The female knight reacted and saluted the two men with a solemn expression.

Seeing this, Erica and Fan Weiluo hurriedly returned the gift.

"I see..." Erica's face finally showed understanding.

No wonder this Lady Baiyu is so powerful and possesses such terrifying combat skills. It turns out that she is Michaela's companion, another cursed hunter!

At this time, a team of fully armed hunters carrying stretchers walked out from the gate behind everyone.

"Mr. Van Willow, the divine pollution reaction in the church has disappeared."

The leading hunter performed a hunter's salute and lifted the white cloth on the stretcher behind him, revealing a lifelike blue-black wooden sculpture wearing a Knight Bureau uniform.

"This is the divine polluter we discovered outside the church. After testing, no contamination residue was found. We initially speculate that this is the last generation of polluters and will not cause secondary pollution to the environment or organisms."

"Are these the Tree Spear Knights?" Ye Yiyi turned his head and took a look.

"That's right." Bai Yu nodded.

"But what about those knights who can transform into tree people? They also become spirit beasts (/奇|Did Dad leave any wood carvings?")

"We didn't see any members of the Knight Bureau transformed into tree people outside the church."

Erica frowned and replied, "I suspect those who can transform into tree people... or rather, those members of the Knight Bureau who can be stationed inside the church must be members who have close ties with the bishop."

“But security inside the church is on a rotation system.”

Fan Weiluo spoke calmly, but his eyes were slightly deep.

"It seems that there are still undiscovered tree people in the Knight Bureau of Tongtian Tree..."

"So, doesn't it mean..." Ye Yiyi frowned.

"The Earth Mother Church underwent a dramatic transformation. I'm afraid most people in the city saw the green giant break through the church's dome and climb towards the top of the Sky-reaching Tree.

"This is undoubtedly a signal to them."

Fan Willow said softly, turning his head to look at Erica.

"Sir Erica, this unrest is widespread, very likely encompassing the entire territory of Trenborough. I'm afraid the Church will need the Empire's assistance."

"I see."

Erica stood straight with a stern look in her eyes.

"I will issue a transfer order requesting the troops stationed in Chantavia to intervene. At the same time, the letter of reprimand from the Empire will be placed on President Cui Lengbai's desk on time tonight."

"A letter of reprimand from the church will also follow."

Fan Willow nodded gently, then thoughtfully spoke, "Although we already have physical evidence, if we can capture a key figure who knows the inside story to serve as a witness, it would be much easier to sign the letter of condemnation... Sir Michaela, do you have any suggestions on this?"

"A witness."

Ye Yiyi looked at Bai Yu beside him, "By the way, where's that tree knight? Did you bring him out when you evacuated?"

"No."

Bai Yu lowered his head, his expression heavy, without even a word of defense, he simply admitted:

"It's my fault, I'm sorry!"

"..."

Bai Yu started again, and Ye Yiyi couldn't help but sigh.

"This isn't your fault. I told you to run away quickly. Carrying an extra burden in that situation would be troublesome. You might even be a step too late... You don't have to take all the blame on yourself."

Bai Yu remained silent, just lowered his head stubbornly, looking as stubborn as if it was all his fault.

"..."

Ye Yiyi was speechless, but since there were outsiders around, he didn't know what to say. He just looked at Fan Weiluo and Erica and changed the subject.

"Anyway, let's pray that the tree man from the Forest Oak Cult survives. Now that the bishop is dead, he's probably the only one left who knows the truth."

"It can only be the."

Fan Willow nodded and waved back.

"I'll organize a team to conduct an investigation."

"I'm here to help."

Chapter 256 The Empire and the Green Cypress

After confirming that there is no trace of the divinity of the Son of the Forest God inside the church, with the help of Bai Yu who tried to save the wrong

The excavation team found the Tree Knight in the temple in less than half an hour.

Fortunately he didn't die.

The divine light curtain will have a divine pollution effect on ordinary life, but for the Forest Oak People who were born from the corpse of the Lord of the Secret Forest, divinity is like a tonic.

Not only did it regenerate his broken limbs and revitalize his body, it even increased his strength.

But unfortunately, the Treeman Knight, who had just recovered to his peak strength and even slightly surpassed it, encountered Baiyu.

The female knight was already feeling a little self-blaming and guilty, and now she found that the other party was not only alive but also full of energy. She was surprised and even more worried.

Bai Yu then used practical actions to explain to everyone present what violent aesthetics is and what it means to tear a tree man apart with bare hands.

Looking at the scene of the tree knight with a dazed look, broken limbs, and cracked body being carried away by hunters on a stretcher, even Ye Yiyi couldn't help but sigh.

"It's tragic! It's so tragic!"

"It's the enemy. Giving it your all is the greatest respect for the enemy!"